2026-01-28T15:56:34-08:00 2025-06-30 873976308 Goranson Tax and Consulting Inc 403 Chinn Street Santa Rosa CA 95404 990 2024-07-01 832011288 Bay Area Creative BAC BAYA 9492859086 4135 Forest Hills Ct Hayward CA 94542 Michael Taylor Executive Director 2026-01-28 true true Blake Gunter P02457939 7075421256 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Michael Taylor 4135 Forest Hills Ct Hayward CA 94542 1217053 false X www.bayareacreative.org X CA Bay area creative provides opportunities for creative expression and development of communication skills through work in spoken word programs with predominantly families of color in underserved neighborhoods in the san Francisco bay area of California. 10 10 2 0 57741 243330 943943 973723 0 2900 0 1004584 1217053 0 0 150600 182172 3000 0 78894 849159 973380 1002759 1155552 1825 61501 132384 180352 27133 0 105251 180352 Bay area creative supports positive change through creative and expressive arts that uphold cultures, provide therapeutic benefits, and to enhance communication skills primarily in underrepresented communities. We are driven by our resolute mission to actively disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline, champion marginalized cultures, and carve out a sanctuary for unbridled self-expression. false false 885565 968992 Bay area creatives journey from July 1 2024 to June 30, 2025 was a beacon of artistic growth and community enrichment through our main program SPARC. SPARC provided over 6,883 students across 130 sites the opportunity for growth through creative and artistic expression. This is both through SPARC workshops and community events held in schools throughout the bay area. 56% of those served through SPARC programming come from low income homes. 43% are English language learners with 79% identifying as BIPOC, LatinC or AAPI students. This program delivered more than 4,251 hours of workshops provided by 41 working artist to 5 bay area counties. 79601 4731 Rich Oak became a program of bay area creative this year and continued to produce the Berkeley slam, the longest running poetry slam on the west coast. Rich oak brings together local known and new poets (including poets in the sparc program) with well-known poets from around the world for a weekly slam in the bay area. Audience and performers form a diverse reflection of the bay area community including bipoc, aapi, Latinx, lgbtq+, and all other types of identifying performers to a single stage. Serving an audience of combined total of more than 2,790 people in 78 shows between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025. 55 featured performers headlined and over 378 poets and artists performed at rich oak events. 29850 Revisions is the bay area creatives therapeutic arts program that works with organizations and providers to create lasting difference in participants lives through creative therapy such as writing and empathy education. Working with organizations such as the social changers bac provided 115 participants access to therapeutic arts in 95 workshops focused on accessing trauma and healing in creative methods such as writing. 995016 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false true 41 0 true 2 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 10 true false false false false false false true true false false true true false false false false true false false CA X X X Katie Whitcraft 9492859086 4135 Forest Hills Ct Hayward CA 94542 Patrick Ohslund Deputy Director 40.00 0.00 X 74544 0 0 Michael Taylor Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 72254 0 0 Katherine Whitcraft President 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gloria Tse Secretary 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mandy Bynum Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marcus Scott Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kiely Corti Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jamie Kennedy Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kamikazi Taylor Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kelly Mendez Diamond Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jason Bayani Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Seana Condit-Gordon President 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 146798 0 false false false 0 243330 243330 other income other program income 195518 195518 rich oak presents tickets 4731 4731 sparc income 773474 773474 973723 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1217053 973723 0 0 0 0 146798 36700 51379 58719 0 13663 12980 410 273 0 5092 4837 153 102 16619 15788 499 332 0 0 0 0 0 0 2197 2087 66 44 6532 6205 196 131 5976 5677 179 120 0 0 0 1227 1166 37 24 0 0 0 0 0 7171 6812 215 144 Contractors 915250 869488 27457 18305 Job Supplies 32523 30897 976 650 bank & finance chgs 1383 1314 41 28 QB payment fees 658 625 20 13 463 440 14 9 1155552 995016 81642 78894 101972 142338 0 0 30412 38014 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132384 180352 27133 27133 0 X 105251 180352 105251 180352 132384 180352 X 61501 13600 X false false false X 77393 165834 92541 57741 243330 636839 0 0 77393 165834 92541 57741 243330 636839 0 636839 0 0 2900 2900 639739 0.99550 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Jamie Kennedy Owner is Directo 11600 Vendor contract-video pro false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information Punch Up Productions is contracted as a vendor to provide video production services to Bay Area Creative throughout the year as well as video production education to participants of Bay Area Creative programs. Jamie Kennedy, a Director of Bay Area Creative, owns and operates Punch Up Productions. This is documented and reviewed by the organization regularly. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Kamikazi Taylor, Director, is married to Michael Taylor, Executive Director - Key Employee Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board Treasurer reviews the financials and the full 990 and presents is to the organizations Board of Directors. The Board of Directors reviews the provided financials and the 990 and is requested to pose any and all questions. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Board of Directors reviews comparability data as well as discuss and vote on the salary yearly for the Executive Director and Deputy Director of the organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 The organization makes governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financials by request to the public. We also make financials available via guidestar.org Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 book to tax difference = $13600